{"nhtsa_id":10145671,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-10-15","date":"2018-07-17","document_id":"Bulletin - Updat","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On Audi A6 and A7 vehicles manufactured within a specific period, the bolted connection for the tie rod (rear right) may not have been tightened correctly. This was due to a fault with the production?s screwing system.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145671-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145671-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10145671","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"tie-rod","name":"Tie rods and steering linkage","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_audi_a7"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"RS 7","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_audi_rs-7"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S6","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_audi_s6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S7","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_audi_s7"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}